Patents by Inventor Mark Nelson

Mark Nelson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods, devices and systems for creating or sharing a visual indicator pattern
    Patent number: 8824640
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and devices for creating or sharing a visual indicator pattern for indicating a condition of an incoming communication. A storage device stores a plurality of visual indicator patterns for displaying on a spatial visual indicator. A user interface is configured to receive a command from a user. Responsive to the command, a user-created visual indicator pattern is stored on the storage device, or another visual indicator pattern is received from, or shared with, another user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sorenson Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Winsor, Lane Walters, Phillip Shimek, Miranda Johnson, Mark Nelson
  • CAPACITIVE SHEATHS FOR HAND COVERINGS
    Publication number: 20140165262
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a capacitive sheath fitted for a finger tip that includes conducting material, which may be placed over gloved hands. The capacitive sheath permits the user to operate a touch screen device without removal of any digit or hand covering apparatus, such as gloves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ThumbDogs LLC
    Inventors: Michael Klausner, Mark Nelson, Paul Shepard
  • Introducer handle notch design/concept
    Patent number: 8753313
    Abstract: An improved splittable medical device introducer designed to introduce a medical device such as a lead or catheter, into a patient's vasculature without loss of blood or introduction of air is described. The introducer assembly is designed with a notch provided at the proximal end of the introducer housing. The notch, which may comprise a multitude of cross-sectional geometries, is designed to reduce the force required to separate the housing and the introducer sheath, thereby minimizing the possibility of unintentional dislodgement during separation. The notch also increases the repeatability and consistency of the amount of force required to separate the introducer housing and sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Kimmel, Nicholas Kampa, Mark Nelson, Blane Larson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING A PROFILE TO A SPARSELY DEFINED REQUEST
    Publication number: 20140149513
    Abstract: A method and system that can include providing a request matching service within a community, receiving a request to match a task request with a first profile of the community, calculating a set of multi-layered composite similarity scores, selecting at least one matched task request according to composite scores, and outputting at least one matched task request of the first profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: The Extraordinaries, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Grennan, Ben Rigby, Mark Nelson, Jordan Snodgrass
  • INFERRING DIAGRAM STRUCTURE THROUGH IMPLICIT SHAPE RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20140111553
    Abstract: Information in a diagram is logically structured using lists, containers, and callouts without requiring the diagram author to explicitly define a structure or map any diagram contents to a structure. Logical relationships are inferred based on actions associated with shapes, groupings, and attributes of shapes/groupings taken by the author. Feedback mechanisms are provided to communicate an underlying structure to the author. Intelligent behaviors are enabled to expose manipulation of diagrams based on their logical structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Nelson, Mike Woolf, Heidi Munson, David Bradlee, Evan Moran
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MODIFICATION OF SERVICE DEFINITION PACKAGES WITH A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140075426
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamic modification of service definition packages for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud platform enables provisioning of enterprise software applications (e.g., Fusion Middleware applications) within a cloud environment. In an embodiment, enterprise applications can be packaged as service definition packages (SDP). To support maintenance of services (e.g., bug fixes, security updates, and configuration changes), a service's characteristics and requirements can be modified dynamically, by reconfiguring the cloud platform itself and/or by mounting a disk volume that corresponds to the service's SDP, and modifying its contents directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey West, Abhijit Kumar, Rajiv Mordani, Patrick Vinograd, Mark Nelson, Masoud Kalali, Nazrul Islam
  • Inferring diagram structure through implicit shape relationships
    Patent number: 8648878
    Abstract: Information in a diagram is logically structured using lists, containers, and callouts without requiring the diagram author to explicitly define a structure or map any diagram contents to a structure. Logical relationships are inferred based on actions associated with shapes, groupings, and attributes of shapes/groupings taken by the author. Feedback mechanisms are provided to communicate an underlying structure to the author. Intelligent behaviors are enabled to expose manipulation of diagrams based on their logical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Nelson, Michael Woolf, Heidi Munson, David Bradlee, Jr., Evan Moran
  • Method and system for automatically updating a software QA test repository
    Patent number: 8645341
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for automatically updating a software QA test repository in a database system. These mechanisms and methods for automatically updating a QA test repository can enable embodiments to quickly and accurately update a test repository without requiring a user to repeatedly enter test case documentation data. These mechanisms and methods for automatically updating a QA test repository can also enable embodiments to extract plain language descriptions of test cases in the test repository. The ability of embodiments to automatically update the test repository and provide descriptions for the test cases stored in the test repository allows developers to efficiently update and share the contents of the test repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Emad Salman, Mark Nelson, Steven Scott Lawrance, Daniel P Kador
  • DISH RACK FOR OVERSIZED CONTAINERS
    Publication number: 20140021153
    Abstract: The invention is a dish rack for accommodating oversized containers in an automated dish machine. The rack includes a generally porous base surrounded by upstanding sidewalls and at least a pair of notches in one sidewall or opposing sidewalls configured for receiving an edge of the an oversized container. One form of the invention includes a wire framework having a base and one or more stanchions that extend generally upwardly from the base. The notches and wire framework are configured for supporting an oversized container at an angled position within an automated dish machine to inhibit spray from being directed out of the dish machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Michael Jensen, Wesley Mark Nelson, Bryan John Henneman
  • Introducer Handle Notch Design/Concept
    Publication number: 20140025003
    Abstract: An improved splittable medical device introducer designed to introduce a medical device such as a lead or catheter, into a patient's vasculature without loss of blood or introduction of air is described. The introducer assembly is designed with a notch provided at the proximal end of the introducer housing. The notch, which may comprise a multitude of cross-sectional geometries, is designed to reduce the force required to separate the housing and the introducer sheath, thereby minimizing the possibility of unintentional dislodgement during separation. The notch also increases the repeatability and consistency of the amount of force required to separate the introducer housing and sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Kimmel, Nicholas Kampa, Mark Nelson, Blane Larson
  • Cross security-domain identity context projection within a computing environment
    Patent number: 8627434
    Abstract: Processing within a computing environment is facilitated by: determining by a local security manager of a first system in a first security domain whether a local security context of a user is acceptable to a second system in a second security domain; responsive to the user's security context being unacceptable to the second system, creating by a local security manager of the second system a runtime security context for the user in the second system; and providing the first system with a reference to the runtime security context for the user in the second system which is resolvable within the computing environment or a portable representation of the runtime security context for the user in the second system, the reference or the portable representation being subsequently returned to the second system with a request from the first system to process work at the second system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan P. Dooley, Walter B. Farrell, Arthur L. Fitzpatrick, III, Richard H. Guski, Russell D. Hardgrove, Deborah F. Mapes, Christine A. Marusek, Mark A. Nelson, Eric Rosenfeld
  • Workflow visualization
    Patent number: 8621421
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for saving workflow execution state and mapping the execution state to graphical elements overlaid on a graphical drawing representing the workflow generated by a separate application. The graphical drawing may be a flowchart drawing corresponding to one or more paths of the workflow and the graphical elements may provide status information associated with individual steps or groups of steps of the workflow execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eilene Hao Klaka, Phillip Allen, Alexander Malek, Mark Nelson, Philippe-Joseph Arida, Emil Cicos, Helene Martin
  • Facial recognition for document and application data access control
    Patent number: 8601573
    Abstract: A presentation system including a computing device, a display device coupled to the computing device and an image capture device that obtains an image containing facial images of at least two individuals capable of viewing the display device, the at least two individuals including a primary user and at least one secondary user, is provided. The system also includes a recognition apparatus operably coupled to the computing device and including a permission engine, the permission engine applying a policy to a protected information element displayed on the display screen, the policy causing one or more actions to be taken based on the identify of the primary and one or more of the secondary users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
  • Personalized item sorting and packing recommendations at a point of sale
    Patent number: 8584805
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a recommendation for packing an item at a point of sale (POS). A preference indicating a maximum bag weight is received at a POS device. The weight of a next item to be packed is determined. Based on the maximum bag weight preference and based on the determined weight of the item, the recommendation for packing the item is determined by selecting a bag from multiple bags that are available to pack items to be purchased by a customer. The bag is selected so that a sum of the weight of the item and a weight of zero or more other items already packed in the bag does not exceed the maximum bag weight preference. The recommendation for packing the item in the selected bag is presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
  • Document authentication and identification
    Patent number: 8576049
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products for document authentication and identification using encoding and decoding are provided. A method includes receiving a digitized document and comparing the digitized document to a set of markers to determine whether the digitized document is an encoded document with one or more characters replaced. In response to determining that the digitized document is encoded, information is extracted from the set of markers using a decoder according to an encoding strategy. The extracted information and the set of markers are compared with data stored in encoding history to authenticate and identify the received digitized document. Markers in the encoded document may be hidden in plain sight, such that the encoding is not readily apparent to a casual observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George E. Corbin, Anthony Grech, Thomas E. Murphy, Jr., Mark Nelson, Kevin H. Peters
  • INTELLIGENT SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20130289748
    Abstract: An intelligent switching method and system. The method includes retrieving by a computer processor of an intelligent switching device, detection data indicating that an individual is located within a specified proximity of an apparatus. The intelligent switching device is lockably attached to the apparatus. The computer processor receives a request from an individual for enabling the apparatus. The computer processor determines that the individual is in compliance with safety procedures associated with operating the apparatus and generates an enable signal. The enable signal enables a power signal for the apparatus. The computer processor indicates that the apparatus has been enabled and is operational.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
  • Optical edge connector
    Patent number: 8540434
    Abstract: A connector assembly for optically coupling a first optical device mounted on a first substrate to a second optical device mounted on a second substrate, where the first and second substrates are orthogonally oriented to each other, is presented. The connector assembly includes two connectors. The first connector has an optical waveguide array. The optical waveguide array further includes multiple parallel optical waveguides that are continuously redirected by a mirror oriented at a 45 degree angle to the optical waveguides. Likewise, the second connector also has an optical waveguide array further include multiple parallel optical waveguides continuously redirected by a mirror oriented at a 45 degree angle to the optical waveguides. The first connector is oriented orthogonally to the second connector and the first and second connectors are optically welded together in a back-to-back configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: James N. Kruchowski, Vladimir Sokolov, Mark A. Nelson
  • ATTACHMENT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20130241732
    Abstract: An attachment detection method and system. The method includes receiving, by a computer processor of a computing system, attachment data describing different devices associated with and attachable to an electro/mechanical apparatus. The computer processor retrieves first data describing a first attachment device currently attached to the electro/mechanical apparatus and analyzes the attachment data with respect to the first data. In response to the analysis, the computer processor determines specified protective gear required for operation of the electro/mechanical apparatus and the first attachment device. The computer processor generates indication data specifying required usage of the specified protective gear and presents the indication data to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
  • Intelligent switching method and apparatus
    Patent number: 8514085
    Abstract: An intelligent switching method and system. The method includes retrieving by a computer processor of an intelligent switching device, detection data indicating that an individual is located within a specified proximity of an apparatus. The intelligent switching device is lockably attached to the apparatus. The computer processor receives a request from an individual for enabling the apparatus. The computer processor determines that the individual is in compliance with safety procedures associated with operating the apparatus and generates an enable signal. The enable signal enables a power signal for the apparatus. The computer processor indicates that the apparatus has been enabled and is operational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Nelson, Kevin H. Peters, Louis R. Ruggiero
  • POWER RECAPTURE IN AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130202292
    Abstract: In an n-node optical communications system, energy harvesting photodetectors at each node receive extraneous electromagnetic wavelengths that are not used for communication or other purposes by the associated node. The energy harvesting photodetectors convert the unused electromagnetic energy into reusable electrical energy. The harvested electrical energy may be used as auxiliary power at the node or elsewhere in the communication system, or stored in a battery, capacitor, or other energy storage device. The system may be used in an “all-to-all” broadcast and select communication scheme or in some other broadcast and select interconnect system that has extraneous wavelengths at node receivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Vladimir Sokolov, James N. Kruchowski, Mark A. Nelson, Nathan E. Harff